The schoolgirl in the Adam Johnson sex case was so besotted she had photos of him all over her social media accounts.

The fanatical Sunderland supporter even contacted the shamed star's girlfriend Stacey Flounders after she gave birth to their first child in January, 2015.

The youngster, 15 at the time of the offences, spent two traumatic days in the witness box at Bradford crown court.

The court heard that she had contemplated taking her own life when details of her sexual encounter with Johnson emerged on Facebook.

She told her father, who went to police.

At the end of her cross examination on Feb 16, she faced abuse on illegal sites - one based in Ireland - which named and pictured her despite her guaranteed lifelong anonymity as a victim of a sex crime.

She had also suffered taunts calling her a 'slag' and a 'liar' for pursuing the prosecution against Johnson.

Mugshot: Adam Johnson pictured on March 2 (Photo: Police Handout)

Police are now working to identify any trolls who named her and say they will face court action.

In the days following the arrest of Johnson on March 2 last year, Durham Police were forced to issue a series of warnings after the victim was named on Twitter and other social media.

The court heard that she regularly saw the winger when he emerged from the Stadium Light after Sunderland home matches.

Once a regular at the games, she was forced to stop going due to abuse from fans.

She is entitled to paltry damages, as little as £3,300, under the Government scheme for victims of crime.

She would be entitled to launch a civil claim against Johnson, the 'idol' who turned abuser.

Sobbing in a video suite, the victim, now 16, denied 'exaggerating' her encounter with him.

(Photo: PA)

Referring to Johnson's denial of the two offences which he admitted on the first day of his trial, grooming her, and kissing her in his car she said: "He knew for a fact what he had done to me, he has lied for a year.

"I have had thousands of people calling me a liar and a slag and a little slut, that I was just another silly little girl out to ruin a man's career."

The footballer had admitted meeting her and kissing her in police interviews, and was invited to enter guilty pleas on his first appearance at Durham crown court last March, but declined to do so.

On day one of his trial at Bradford, he signed autographs as he made his way into court.

The star denied shaving his pubic area at the time of his encounter with the girl. But the jury was later shown a photo which appeared to confirm his victim's description.

The girl's mother spoke briefly of the case last March, saying: "I really don't want to talk about what happened, my daughter is my priority."

One girl was forced to deny she was the alleged victim in the case after being linked to the footballer online.

The girl, from Hertfordshire, was also a keen football fan, and wrongly named.

At least 10 people were convicted of identifying the victim in the Ched Evans rape case.

Johnson was today found guilty of one count of sexual activity with a child but was cleared on a second count.

Jurors at Bradford Crown Court convicted the former Sunderland FC winger by a majority of 10-2 after Judge Jonathan Rose said he would accept a majority verdict.

The 28-year-old admitted grooming a 15-year-old girl and sexual activity with the teenager, relating to kissing her in his Range Rover, but denied the two more serious charges of sexual activity with a child - one involving oral sex and another involving digital penetration.

He was cleared of the oral sex charge this afternoon.

Judge Rose said a custodial sentence is "the almost inevitable outcome" but granted Johnson bail until the hearing, which will be held at a later date.

There was no obvious reaction to the verdict from Johnson, who was sitting in the dock with two security guards.